Con Air
They were deadly on the ground. Now they have wings.
Newly-paroled former US Army ranger Cameron Poe is headed back to his wife, but must fly home aboard a prison transport flight dubbed "Jailbird" taking the “worst of the worst” prisoners, a group described as “pure predators”, to a new super-prison. Poe faces impossible odds when the transport plane is skyjacked mid-flight by the most vicious criminals in the country led by the mastermind — genius serial killer Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom, and backed by black militant Diamond Dog and psychopath Billy Bedlam.
- Year: 1997
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Action, Thriller, Crime
- Studio: Touchstone Pictures, Jerry Bruckheimer Films
- Keyword: prison, helicopter, airplane, escape, undercover, ambush, war veteran, gas station, psychopath, bravery, mexican standoff, sandstorm, hijacking, us army, prison guard, u.s. marshal, serial killer, shootout, las vegas, explosion, brutality, convict, desert, war hero, diabetic, dea agent, hostile takeover, skyjacker, motorcycle chase, disguises, action hero, army veteran, prisoner transport, transport plane, absurd
- Director: Simon West
- Cast: Nicolas Cage, John Malkovich, John Cusack, Ving Rhames, Mykelti Williamson, Dave Chappelle
